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Clinton News-Record, 1963-09-05, Page 4PAYING BILLS 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, September 6, 1923 One hundred and eighty stu-, dents registered at the Colleg- iate on opening day. The weed inspector should take a walk down Mary Street. Are owners of private property entitled to allow weeds to ma- ture and blow all over the well-kept grounds of other pri- vate citizens? The Hon. George Henry, min- ister of highways, was in the vicinity this week, inspecting the Provincial highway between here and Goderich. Three applications were re- ceived for clerk of Goderich Township. Two of the council- lors voted for R. G. Thompson and two for Howard Sturdy. Reeve Lindsay gave the decid- ing vote in favour of Mr. Thompson, Mr. Sturdy was then appointed collector to fill the vacancy caused by the re- signation of Mr. Thompson and Bert Murphy was appointed as- sessor in the place of Mr. Sturdy. The fine barn of William J. Taylor, Stanley Township, was destroyed by fire last night. The season's crops were con- sumed and loss was about $7,000. The management of the Star Theatre have put in a new player piano which• is an added attraction at their popular play house. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, September 8, 1938 Miss Agnes Agnew has ob- tained a position as secretary in the offices of the Toronto General Hospital. Competing in a tournament in Wingham on Monday, the Clinton rink captured , first prize. The winning bowlers were A. D. McCartney, F. Fing- land, J. Zapfe and F. Penne- baker, skip. After Gordon Bedard, Drys- dale, blinded by headlights of an oncoming car, had struck down a pedestrian on Highway 21, he returned to find the in- jured man was none other than his neighbor, Vernon Rau, 20. In memory of the late Mrs. William Walker, a beautiful communion table has been do- nated as a diamond jubilee gift to Ontario St, United Church.' Miss Ellen Charlesworth left' on Monday for Hamilton to en- ter the nurses' training school at the Hamilton General Hos- pital. Charles Mutch had a narrow escape yesterday afternoon when making a turn with his car on the highway at the cor- ner of Huron and Shipley Sts. The driver of a truck had to swerve to the right to avoid hitting the car and the truck crashed into a hydro pole. ' 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, September 9, 1948 Clinton Collegiate Institute, which Opened for the fall tern; Tuesday morning, has the larg- est enrolment in the history of the institution-248, The gentle Sound of rain fal, ling on the roof tops was sweet music to the ears of Clinton residents last night, for with it, drought lasting a good month was broken. In an effort to augment its staff with experienced knitters, Clinton Hosiery Mills Limited has brought nine natives of Ireland to Canada, and the four men and five women com- menced work last week. Ephriam Snell again walked off with several major prizes in the Leicester sheep classes at the CNE. He won both the championship and reserve rib- bons for ewe of any age, also the reserve for best ram, plus nine other firsts. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilbert, Goderich Township, were visit- ing friends at Hamilton and were returning home when a car-moving truck collided with them and gave them quite a shaking up. Their car was a total wreck. For the first time in several years, Labor Day in Clinton Where in the holy old blue- eyed world did that summer get to? It seems like three- quarters of an hour since it was the middle of June and I was building a picnic table. This was the summer in which I was determined to make something of myself, or bust my posterior in the effort. I planned to fish, golf ro swim every day, get myself in per- fect trim, write a book, stay ahead of the weeds in the flowerbeds, and prepare all my course outlines for September. I haven't been fishing since trout season opened, in May. I doubt if I could find my way around the golf course, it's so long since. I saw it. I gave up swimming early in July when I nearly drowned while trying to get out to a raft 12 feet away. My belly has gone from a solid 30 to a pudgy 32. I haven't written anything ex- cept my name on those gov- ernment store slips. The weeds wave like saplings. And I didn't even know what was on the course when school started. Oh, well, I like September better anyway. It's easier to go to work every day and tell a lot of kids what to do than it is to be home every day and have your wife telling you what to do. Like mow that lawn, get off your big fat tail, get a loaf of bread, take the kids for a swim, stop smoking so much and when are you going td take all those beer bottles back? * * * It's probably a jolly good thing that kids have to go back to school. Another Month of their kids eating purple pop- sides and green apples, falling off bicycles and in love, and parents would begin screaming and running rapidly in ever- decreasing circles, Mothers heave a vast, soft sigh of pure joy when they shove the kids out the dear on opening day of school, and it down in that beautiful, quiet kitchen for that first cup of coffee they've had in peace for two months. Re-Opening of school is Unit- ling for teachers, too. Their was marked by no celebration of any kind and Clintonians had' to go out of town for their fun. In Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, September 3, 1953 With her "beauty, poise, per- sonality, charming smile and gracious walk," 18-year-old Barbara 'Brandon, Bayfield, was awarded the title of Miss Huron County at the Zurich Lions Frolic. This is the second year she has won the title. Several cases of vandalism have occurred during the past two weeks in Clinton. Most serious of them was the desec- ration of the lovely 83-year-old gravestone marking the grave of Rev. Bourdieu on the lawns egos are badly flattened' from being treated just like every- body else. They're weary of giving orders to kids (their own) who ignore them. They're on stage once more, with all those eager faces turned to- ward them. They can't wait to take that first deep breath of schoolroom air, composed of the beloved odors of chalk dust, floor wax and warm humans. It's hard to tell what the kids themselves think of going back to school. They profess to be disgusted'. But I met one of my students who has gone to work in a bank, asked him how he felt about not go- ing back this fall, and almost wept at the look of unutter- able longing that slipped across his face. I think most youngsters are 'delighted to return to school. Especially the little girls. After Now is the time to plan. your flowers for spring. That is, to plan for, the flowers which grow bulbs,fe% % these 7lMgIoringpwIqstpant gd in the fall. There is nothing lovelier than the early spring tulip, daffodil -or hyacinth, but they now, must be ordered .and plant- ed' Many gardeners plant the above named bulbs, known as the major bulbs, exclusively and they make a garden appear as a beautifully furnished room, with the rug removed, What is needed to complete the garden is A tasteful carpet of low- growing flowers arranged a- round the base of the taller- growing plants, Most of our bulbs are import- ed from Holland, and the Dutch are experts in the use of the minor bulbs, setting them out between and in front of the taller-growing b u 1 b - plants. These minor, or smallerflower- ed plants include the crocuses, scillas, muscari and chiono- „ doxas. One of the most widely known low-growing floWer is the Galan thus Elwesii, known as the Snowdrop. These bloom so early you often think your eyes are deceiving you, when they appear above snow. It takes about 100 bulbs, planted so as to be nearly touching one another, to make much of a display. Put them where they can be left without disturbing, and they will spread. They are useful in an out-of-the-way corner, where you have some shelter during the winter and a bit of shade in summer. The Species Crocuses are a smaller bloomed crocus than the ones seen in some lawn areas, but they bloom earlier. of 'St. Paul'S Anglican Church. G. R. Yungblut, Auburn, has received a third' year engineer- ing scholarship at Queen's Uni- versity, offered by , Ontario Hydro. Kenneth Arkell, graduate from grade 13 at CDCI last spring was awarded a $200 UWO scholarship and also a, $250 Leonard bursary. Except for a few last minute jobs, Clinton's new $345,000 Public School stands ready for teachers and pupils. Clinton Lions Juveniles are the WOAA "C" baseball champ- ions for 1953. They ousted Har- riston in two straight games to wrap up the title. Members are: Hartley, Garon ,Colquhoun, Carter, Elliott, Tebbutt, Hol- mes, Denomme, Hugill. all, it's pretty awkward trying to strike up a romance with a small male type in the summer, when he's always going places on the dead run, always doing things girls aren't allowed to do, and nearly always dirty and rather smelly. But it's a different story when she gets him sitting be- hind, befront or beside her in the classroom. He's fairly clean, and she an smile at him, snub him, make him talk when he shouldn't, tell the teacher when he pinches her, and generally pursue the arts of courtship employed, by small females. Is everybody, then, happy about school opening? Not ex- actly. Check the old man, Gone with the summer is that peace- ful hour when he could get up in' the morning and enjoy a solitary, leisurely breakfast, paper propped up against the coffeet pot, while the old girl Sometimes called "winter croe- us", they are hardy and mostly indifferent to freezing tempera- tures, ice, sleet and snow. Plant these close together and undisturbed, if possible. They will bloom from February to early, April. The Muscari or Grape Hyac- inth is the most commonly planted low-growing bulb and is beautiful under the feet of your tulips or daffodils. If you set out 100 or so muscari about eight inches apart, they will spread into a solid Carpet of flowers in a couple of years. Until I grew ehionedoxas, I had always considered the mus- cari the best background for tulips, but now I can't decide which I prefer. This is a small plant, rather like a hyacinth, and is usually blue, or blue and white. They bloom from very early spring until the end of the tulip season, also multiply- ing rapidly. The seines represent a fairly large group of bulb plants com- monly called quills. They are charming little things. The blooms are mostly a bright blue. Scillas come into bloom early and are lovely near your Early Trumpet daffodils. If you have a rock garden you might be wise to investi- gate the wonderful old-fashion- ed tulip bulbs which have been developed for them. The Tulip Kaufmanniana coccinea and the Tulip Dasystemon, to give them their botanical names, grow flat on the ground it appears, as their stems are very short, and they spread further each day as they open. Every evening, the blooms fold and stand upright, looking, like conventional tulips, but during the day they open, some- times up to five inches in diam- eter. Each bulb puts up several shoots, each of which bear a flower. These may be listed in a flower catalogue under the name of "water-lily tulip," You can set out minor bulbs as soon as the first cool nights indicate that fall is approach- ing. Use a little bone meal to enrich the soil after •you have turned it up deeply and thor- oughly, and then make little holes with the handle of a trowel and pop the bulbs in. The diameter of the bulb forms a rough gauge as to how deeply to plant it: the depth of the soil above the bulb should be from two to three times the diameter. If that is too complicated, plant them about three or four inches deep. Except for galan- thus and species crocuses, which you can space about two or three inches apart, you should set your bulbs out with about six inches of room around them, to give them room to spread. 0 List Draw Winners At McEwan's Store Three DHSS girls won the prizes in the school draw con- test at McEwan's on Saturday night. Joan Cooper, 24 Bond Street, won the first prize of a tran- sistor radio, while John Irwin, 38 Raglan Street won the cam- era' set. Third prize of a pen and pen- cil set went to Doreen Dahoo, 10 Regina Road, Adastral Park. and the kids loafed in bed. '' * During the school term, breakfast hour, if our house is any indication, is like Saturday night at the corner saloon. One kid wanders in underwear, look- ing for the• pants and shoes he took off last night. Another is getting hell from her mo- ther because she just splashed orange juice all over her only clean blouse. Dad is trying to feed the dog, find lunch money, eat his burned toast and MAKE THOSE BLASTED KIDS GET A MOVE ON! Mine 'Writes of many things SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. T. SMILEY) ••••••anoi Popular Attraction At Fair Here is one of the 32 scarlet-coated riders of the famous R.C.M.P. Musi- dal Ride, headline attraction of the all-star grandstand performance at Western Fair, London, this year. The Mounties will perform every evening of the Fair, September 6 to 14, and the afternoons of September 7, 10, 13 and 14. The musical ride is undoubtedly the greatest outdoor attraction in Canada. From Our Early Files • • Royal Bank helps you manage your chequing, ' borrowing and other personal finances in a business- like way at lowest cost. Our Two-Accourrr PIA14 keeps you from raiding savings earmarked for vaca- tion or other purposes; it also simplifies bill-paying by providing a special Personal Chequing Mcount. (Only 100 a cheque!) And a Royal TERMPLAN LOAN can often save yon big' money in interest. Be money- site bank at your nearby Royal Bank Branch. ROYALBAN K Clinton Branch, 0, L, Engelstad, Mgr. Goderich Branch, H. G. Spring, Mgr, Always Use Care, Courtesy And Common Sense Clinton News Record Amalgatnated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD PUblished every Thursday at the Est: 1881 Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • • WILLIAM BATTEN, EditOr Sionsod Contributions In thts OuhlItatIon, are thl opinions of the 'Writers only and do not nicitsarlb, intiorisi A. vim of the novisOapori ArithOrlisid as Second Asti malt; 'Oast Offiti baoarlrnifiyOttivia, and for payment of postago in cash illiSCRIPTIOM Milt PIMA" in kb/anti •••• Canada and Greet Britain: $4.00 a stair; United Statai and Forrilok 00; sla,K COW Tali Canis Iti THE CLINTON NEW ERA • Eat. 1865 I L IT WOULD APPEAR that only a costly case of over confidence by his many supporters could prevent Hon. C. S, 1VlaeNaughton, minister of highways, from whining the local riding in the September 25 election. Even his opponents will have to admit that Charlie, as he is best known throughout the riding, has done a re- markable job in his exalted position in the Robarts' pabinet, and the position has brought him a great deal of per- sonal honour, as well as considerable prestige and satisfaction to the people in the riding who elected him as their representative at Queens Park, Although the name of his Liberal opponent is not known at the time of writing this editorial, there is little doubt that he will have to be consider- ed as a very decided under-dog in a battle with such a formidable foe' in a pro-Conservative riding. This in no way would suggest that the Huron Liberals have no one to match the abilities .of Charlie, but there is no one on the horizon with his:proven abilities in political affairs, and being a people of a conservative nature, the riding will probably choose the "bird in the hand" rather than the one "in the bush". However, being a strong candidate, Charlie and his Association backers, will have to contend with one of the major foibles of people faced with a sure thing situation—that of apathy. It may be difficult for them to enlist support from people who would otherwise support him wholeheartedly, but who may feel that the spending of their time and effort is not needed for such a "sure thing". Also, when there appears to be little grounds fOr Liberal criticism of our present representative, the eleetion campaign will undoubtedLy be compar- atively quiet, giving Conservative back- ers a feeling of confidence that could prove costly unless they work diligently to get- voters to the polls. 1, However, on the other side of the ledger, it would appear that they have been given a decided boost by the laxity of the Liberals who have waited until only three weeks before election day to name their candidate. This has been a practice that has been to their detriment during several elections, as it is an imposSibility for' any man to get out and campaign stren- uously and widely enough to gain the support needed to oust a sitting mem- WITH THE KIDS wending their way back to the classrOomS this week, the swimming season has been brought to a close for another year, but it certainly must have been one of the most successful on record. From pictures we have taken at the pool we know that well over 70 youngsters passed Red Cross swimming tests this summer and that does not include the multitude of those who completed beginner and advanced be- ginner tests under the testing of the local instructors. Certainly, John Slavin and his assistant, Brenda Homuth, are to be congratulated on the record of achieve- ment their students attained this year, because all those who tried Red Cross tests were successful. From past experience with similar tests in other communities, we know that this is almost an incredible record as 100 percent is very rarely attained in these tough tests of swimming abil- ities and water safety knowledge. The ability to swim is invaluable, especially in an area where water af- fords one of the main forms of recrea- tion during the summer months. However, we trust that the area youngsters will heed all the safety rules they had to know to pass the TWO geologists of the well-known Lamont Geological Observatory in east- ern Canada, have announced that the world's present balmy climate will con- tinue for another 20,000 years. Fur- ther they claim there will not be an, ber of the government, and even more so a popular and hard-working Cabinet MiniSter) whose record would appear almost infallible, and certainly deServ-. ing of continued support, While it must be noted that Oharlie would lose his respected position if the Liberals ..sweep to power in Ontario, there appears to be little chance of this, as Premier Robarts and hiS Progressive Conservative government appear destin- ed for another term in office, Although being far from a keen and expert political overseer, Premier Robarts appears to us to have the qualities of leadership needed to con, tinue to give Ontario the type of goy,. ernMent that has made it the leading. Province in Canada for some years. Surrounding him area young, en- thusiastic group of ministers, such as our highways minister, who have proy, en to our satisfaction they can get the job done to maintain our present econ- orny, The Liberals could probably quite correctly point out that given the power over our tax money they could do equally as well, but again they are faced with the practice of sticking with the "bird in the hand", and will have to wait until Robarts and his crew fall into disfavour before they are given an opportunity to show their wares. However, it is important that On- tario maintain a strong opposition so the government will not become affluent in our affairs, and an overwhelming mandate for the PCs would certainly not be in our best interests. • It may appear hypocritical to sug- gest that other ridings support Liberal candidates to give us a strong opposi- tion, but such is needed. Following this reasoning, we would recommend that our neighbors to the north in Huron-Bruce support -.their present member, Murray Gaunt. From all reports, this popular young farmer justified their support in their recent by-election, and deserves another full term in Toronto. A well-spoken young man, Murray has impressed us at meetings which he has attended in this area, and certainly as a progressive farmer he is well- qualifkiti to represent one • of the Prov- ince's leading agricultural areas. - Regardless of the favour our opin- ions may have with readers, in all sincerity we urge them to get out and support the candidate of their choice after serious consideration of his merits. tests and while most exemplify no fear of the water, they should always be reminded that it deserves a great deal of respect, as one careless moment or the disregard of one simple rule can certainly prove very fatal. While this is an inappropriate time of the year to be stressing water safety, swimming tests and driving tests are very similar in that most of us can study diligently enough to pass at the time, but too many people fail to put these rules into continual use in every day practice. We should be reminded that no amount of experience we are able to attain can make it safe to flaunt the basis safety rules we had to know to pass the original tests. Swimmers, and drivers alike, are actually in a test every time they jump into the water or get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, and a piece of paper that notes they have passed tests in no way can protect them if they disobey the rules. So, while the area swimmers at- tained a tremendous record, the "final" results won't really be known until such time as age relegates them to the group in which they were members not too long ago—waders and paddlers. other ice age for at least that length of time. Good! We like planning for our holidays far in advance, .and it's comforting to know we won't be bothered too much by snow and ice. Page 4--Clinton. News-Record—Mors"Sept. 5, 190 Editoria;U • • "Bird In The. Hand" Popular Choice The Test Continues For A Long Time Continuing Balmy . . .